Man Arrested in Times Square Bomb Plot

NYTimes ^ | May 03rd 2010 | WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, MARK MAZZETTI and PETER BAKER

[Plutarch]

It was unclear how agents from the Joint Terrorist Task Force identified him.

See...the NYT used the T word.

[highlander_UW]

That puts a crimp in the lib accusation that it's a tea partier because they have to decide which story they will discard. They either have to get rid of the story that there are no minorities in the tea party movement, or they have to get rid of tea partiers involved in the bomb plot.

[eddie willers]

whose name was not immediately released

Shahzad Faisal.

Imagine that.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Jeez - they’ll let anybody into the Tea Party these days!

[mlocher]

Charges against the man, who had returned recently from a trip to Pakistan, were not announced.

Napolitano will nail the guy for illegal parking.....

[freespirited]

Is he upset about Obamacare?

[TigerBait]

Is this the “white male”?

That just had to make the initial story/ MSM spin machine. Then they can report the truth a few days later and half the people won’t notice.

[purplelobster]

The full story has still not been disclosed. It’s possible that the bald man, suspiciously taking off his sweater on a hot day was in cahootz with this guy.

[Oldexpat]

They will now water board him until he admnits that he is opposed to the Health Care reform bill.

[eddie willers]

Is he upset about Obamacare?

Arizona.

Or the oil spill.

[FlingWingFlyer]

So it wasn't a 40 year old, bald, white guy from Arizona wearing an "I'm Taxed Enough Already" T-shirt with an Arizona flag on the back?

[eddie willers]

It’s possible that the bald man, suspiciously taking off his sweater on a hot day was in cahootz with this guy.

Pakistanis can't go bald?

[Steelfish]

CBS Reporting:
“The source told CBS News forensic evidence uncovered in the vehicle led them to a Middle Eastern man’s name that was familiar to counter terrorism investigators.”

So the man who was “familiar” to counter-terrorism officials was allowed re-entry to the US!!!!

[Steelfish]

Just a minor reporting error- He “looked” like a bald white guy

[Walkingfeather]

Obama will be the first to tell us not to jump to conclusions...

[Plutarch]

Of course, the NYT was so unfamiliar with the word they got it wrong. It is the Joint Terrorism Task Force .

[HarryCaul]

Hey, look, the system worked, ok?

[eddie willers]

So the man who was “familiar” to counter-terrorism officials was allowed re-entry to the US!!!!

The system worked.

[Star Traveler]

NBC: Suspect arrested in NYC bomb attempt

Man is a Connecticut resident who bought the SUV at center of probe

NEW YORK - Authorities arrested a suspect in the attempted weekend car bombing in Times Square, NBC News' justice correspondent Pete Williams reported early Tuesday morning.

A U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent, Shahzad Faisal, was arrested Monday night in Long Island, Williams reported.

Earlier, an official told The Associated Press that the potential suspect recently traveled to Pakistan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the case was at a sensitive stage.

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